www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Guyanahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/guyana/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Guyanaen-usThu, 16 Oct 2014 19:33:55 -0400Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad impose Ebola travel banshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/16/guyana-halts-visas-from-countries-hit-by-ebola/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad &amp; Tobago on Thursday became the latest countries in the Western Hemisphere to restrict travelers from West African nations struggling with an epidemic of the Ebola virus.</p> <p>The announcements came a day after Colombia and St. Lucia ordered similar prohibitions.</p> <p>Authorities in ...DAVID McFADDENThu, 16 Oct 2014 19:33:55 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/16/guyana-halts-visas-from-countries-hit-by-ebola/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGuyana has first cases of virus new to regionhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/28/guyana-has-first-cases-of-virus-new-to-region/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - At least two people have been sickened by the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in Guyana in the first locally transmitted cases in the South American country, the health minister said Wednesday.</p> <p> A regional lab confirmed the virus in a 4-year-old child and a 40-year-old man ...Wed, 28 May 2014 14:16:03 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/28/guyana-has-first-cases-of-virus-new-to-region/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGuyana pledges to protect jaguarshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>KINGSTON, JAMAICA (AP) - The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas but is vulnerable due to expanded agriculture and mining that carves away at their fragmented habitat.</p><p>Leaders of the ...DAVID McFADDENThu, 24 Jan 2013 15:30:21 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSWorld Briefs: Three U.S. soldiers killed in suicide attackhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/4/world-scene-three-us-soldiers-killed-in-suicide-at/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>AFGHANISTAN</strong></p> <p>KABUL <span class="st">&mdash;</span> A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed three American soldiers and four Afghan police officers at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the spring fighting season.</p> <p>At least three other ...THE WASHINGTON TIMESWed, 04 Apr 2012 18:24:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/4/world-scene-three-us-soldiers-killed-in-suicide-at/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSResearch monkey importer facing cruelty chargeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/26/research-monkey-importer-facing-cruelty-charges/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jurors saw images of wide-eyed little monkeys inside crates as an importer of research monkeys went on trial Monday on cruelty charges after 15 primates died during a series of international flights.</p><p>Robert Matson Conyers, a Florida animal broker, faces 10 counts involving the 2008 trip. Conyers ...LINDA DEUTSCHMon, 26 Mar 2012 10:05:09 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/26/research-monkey-importer-facing-cruelty-charges/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSJet from New York crashes in Guyana; no deathshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/30/jet-new-york-crashes-guyana-no-deaths/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) &mdash; A Caribbean Airlines jet coming from New York crashed and broke in two while landing in Guyana with 140 passengers aboard on Saturday, causing several injuries but no deaths, said President Bharrat Jagdeo.</p> <p>The Boeing 737-800 apparently overshot the 7,400-foot (2,200-meter) runway at Cheddi Jagan International ...Bert WilkinsonSat, 30 Jul 2011 09:24:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/30/jet-new-york-crashes-guyana-no-deaths/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBook: Lincoln sought to deport freed slaveshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/9/book-lincoln-sought-to-deport-freed-slaves/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Great Emancipator was almost the Great Colonizer: Newly released documents show that to a greater degree than historians had previously known, President Lincoln laid the groundwork to ship freed slaves overseas to help prevent racial strife in the U.S.</p> <p>Just after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Lincoln ...Stephen DinanWed, 09 Feb 2011 23:00:13 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/9/book-lincoln-sought-to-deport-freed-slaves/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGuyana to sell needy 90,000 computers at discounthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/30/guyana-to-sell-needy-90000-computers-at-discount/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (AP) - Guyana has pledged to spend $30 million in the next three years to buy 90,000 laptops and resell them at a discount to the poor.</p><p>President Bharrat Jagdeo says the project aims to improve education in poor communities.</p><p>The South American country is launching a new high-speed Internet ...ASSOCIATED PRESSFri, 30 Jul 2010 13:25:24 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/30/guyana-to-sell-needy-90000-computers-at-discount/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS